Admissibility

According to Article 3 of the Convention of AIAQ, to join the AIAQ, you must:

• Be a member in good standing of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) and;
• Have a university degree in an engineering program related to the agrifood sector or have experience of at least two years in the field of food engineering.

To become a student member, you must be enrolled full time in a university program at Université Laval in agri-environmental engineering and food engineering, or McGill Bioresource Engineering (Bioresource Engineering) or other engineering program related to agrifood.

Mission

The "Association des ingénieurs en agroalimentaire du Québec" has the mission to promote agri-food engineers, their role in the development of the Quebec’s agri-food sector, and to maximize the visibility of its members. Globally, the Association wants to:

• Give every member the chance to promote himself and agri-food engineer in agreement of Association’s objectives;
• Represent its members when the Executive meets any organization whose actions can affect agri-food engineering;
• Promote agri-food engineering to any concerned or interested organization;
• Encourage any scientific, technical or professional activity related to agri-food engineering that fills a need for its members;
• Participate in the writing of technical reports or dissertations on any element related to agri-food engineering;
• Protect the field of practice of its members by meeting any concerned organization and reporting any illegal practice;
• Work with universities to assure high-quality programs for future agri-food engineers;
• Maintain a contact list of people working in agri-food engineering;
• Favor networking between its members;
• Highlight the exceptional contributions of its members;
• Encourage its members to show professionalism and ethics at work.

Executive Committee

Convention

You can read the latest version of the AIAQ convention (in French) at the following link:

Download the PDF version (French only)